Politics Quotes · Page 349

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think.

— Walt Whitman

I notice anytime anything wrong happens, establishment politicians like to say the Russians.

— Donald Trump

Government! Government! What do I get for all I give, I'd like to know! Potholes and bombs!

— Cecil Dawkins

“hacking had become a government operation done by well-trained teams.”

— Donna Brazile

I care nothing for all the political parties in the world except as they stand for justice.

— Anna Howard Shaw

Tim Cook has not been afraid to confront the government on issues he considers morally important.

— Laura Sydell

If a politician is a successful administrator, certainly he has got every right to administer cricket.

— Sharad Pawar

All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.

— Billy Bragg

The parallels between 9/11 and Pearl Harbor are striking. In each instance there were warning signs before the attack, and in each…

— Diane Watson

Ordinary people need to lead and not sit there and think that governments are going to spoon-feed them and look after them…

— Ian Kiernan

The executions, persecution and imprisonment of political dissidents and the LGBT community, denial of free press, elections and religious freedoms, continue to…

— Andy Garcia

Laws change more slowly than custom, and though dangerous when they fall behind the times are more dangerous still when they presume…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

I see little hope for democracy as an effective form of government, but I admire the poetry of how it makes its…

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

The government shouldn't be in the business of subsidizing a business by allowing people to be paid starvation wages.

— John Fetterman

If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American…

— Karl Rove

It's Latin, which is an excellent language for mischief-making, which is why governments are so fond of it.

— Catherynne M. Valente

“While political affiliation in the united States is not a perfect indicator of religiosity, it is no secret that the 'red [Republican]…

— Sam Harris

[A]ll popular and well-mixed governments [republics] . . . are ever established by wise and good men, and can never be upheld…

— Algernon Sidney

“When we turn the body into human capital, the political consequences of the body disappear. Hands that are raised, legs that move,…

— Anonymous

This is a book called Women in the Shade of Islam. It's published by the government of Saudi Arabia. I picked it…

— Dalia Mogahed

I think in the context of senior government positions, I think an anecdote of what I told President-Elect Barack Obama when we…

— Robert M. Gates

There are many ways to be influential. You can work for politicians or in government and make a difference. And for young…

— Hillary Clinton

A famous, very often quoted phrase says: "That government is best, which governs least." I do not believe this to be a…

— Ludwig von Mises

We have had eight years of consistent and persistent attacks on those four years in government - and on me, personally, but…

— Edward Heath

International politics, like all politics, is a struggle for power.

— Anonymous

Yeah, I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling.

— Steve Irwin

Limited government must come politically, not judicially.

— Mike Lee

I thought the function of the government was to promote the general welfare, not to provide it.

— Ronald Reagan

I'm not a huge believer that government provides a whole lot of solutions.

— Erik Prince

Can a free government possibly exist with the Roman Catholic religion?

— John Adams

“Politics don’t begin in Washington. Politics begin with those who are oppressed right here.”

— Gloria Steinem

I think the idea of getting money out of politics is critical.

— Russell Simmons

Freedom is when the people can speak, democracy is when the government listens.

— Alastair Farrugia

Politics is the chloroform of the Irish people, or rather the hashish.

— Oliver St. John

A man with a long history of racial discrimination should never run our government.

— Hillary Clinton

When politics is too slow, change has to come from culture.

— Al Gore

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

— Ronald Reagan

We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.

— Rand Paul

The composition of a common world would be the definition of politics.

— Bruno Latour

Some suggest that, as a woman, I meddle in political affairs and need to be 'put in my place.'

— Ilhan Omar